Perilla Seed Oil & TriVita’s OmegaPrime

Perilla seed oil and allergies

Many people turn to decongestants and antihistamines during allergy season. But these often have side effects such as sleepiness, which can make their use impratical. These are some natural aids that you can use to help minimize your symptoms without the unpleasant side effects. One of these is Perilla seed oil.

Perilla seed oil is an essential fatty acid (EFA) that helps reduce inflammation in your airways and digestive tract. People with asthma and allergies find that their symtoms are less frequent and intense with Perilla EFA. It actually helps reduce both sinus inflammation ans stomach bloating, which often occur with allergies.

Perilla seed oil is found in TriVita OmegaPrime along with other healthy EFAs.

The EFA’s in OmegaPrime are critical for all adults in every stage of life – from development and growth to healthy aging.

When it comes to our health and our pressing need for EFAs, it’s important to choose the right product. Choosing TriVita OmegaPrime means you’ll get the best. Its name says it all.

To find out what the name OmegaPrime stands for see article entitled TriVita’s OmegaPrime Contains Essential Fatty Acids for Vibrant Good Health

TriVita’s OmegaPrime Contains Essential Fatty Acids for Vibrant Good Health

Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) support the body’s health in two ways:

1. Fighting Inflammation

• Help reduce cardiovascular inflammation – to lower the risks of heart disease, heart attack and stroke.
• Lessen joint inflammation – to ease joint pain and inflammation for increased flexibility
• Relieve respiratory inflammation – to lessen any inflammation related to allergies and asthma.

2. Development Growth and Healthy Aging

• Help the brain – EFAs nourish the brain, support its development and protect against deterioration – all of which help boost brain function for improved memory, concentration and focus.
• Protect circulation – EFAs help raise levels of HDL (good cholesterol) and lower levels of triglycerides and unhealthy LDL (bad cholesterol)- which help lead to a healthy heart and circulatory system.
• Support hormone production – EFAs are a key building block for the production of the body’s healthy hormones – which assist with all body processes and help support an overall sense of both physical and mental balance and well-being.

Why TriVita OmegaPrime is so significant to our health

The human body has a daily need for EFAs. They play a key role in helping to sustain vibrant good health in adults of all ages. EFAs nourish the body’s:

• Heart
• Brain
• Skin
• Glands
• Joints

EFAs are also critical to the hormone production process. And, since the body cannot produce EFAs on its own, outside sources like food and supplements containing EFAs are necessary.

TriVita OmegaPrime’s EFAs support our wellness in so many ways, starting with helping to reduce runaway inflammation. Many of us don’t realize this, but runaway inflammation can lead to serious health problems in the body involving the heart, arteries, lungs, joints and more.

The EFAs in OmegaPrime® are critical for all adults in every stage of life – from development and growth to healthy aging

When it comes to our health and our pressing need for EFAs, it’s important to choose the right product. Choosing TriVita OmegaPrime means you’ll get the best. Its name says it all – Omega and Prime stand for:

OMEGA Omega-3 and -6 EFAs
P	Premier blend of essential fatty acids from 4 sources -Fish, Flaxseed, Evening Primrose and Perilla Seed
R	Right balance of Omega-3s and Omega-6s. with, higher level of Omega-3s as they are more absent from our diets
I	Inflammation-fighting formula that supports us from our 20s on up – from development through healthy aging
M	Mercury/contaminant-free fish oil, which is the result of an exclusive 10-stage process to ensure its purity, potency and quality (plus a higher level of Vitamin E for maximizing the fish oil’s potency)
E	Evening Primrose and Perilla Seed Oils -the most potent EFA’s for Inflammation

The American Heart Association recommends…

Taking EPA and DHA Omega-3 fatty acids to benefit heart health. Studies show Omega-3 helps people at risk for coronary heart disease. Studies show .5 to 1.8 grams of Omega-3 fatty acids ingested daily, significantly reduce heart disease. The AHA recommends healthy people and those at risk for, or who have heart disease, take .5 to 1.8 grams of Omega-3 daily.

NOTE: 1 capsule of OmegaPrime contains .5 grams (500 milligrams) of Omega-3 fatty acids.

Source: TriVita Magazine February 2009 pg 12.

Perilla Seed Oil Bursts With Omega-3 Fatty Acids

No wonder it’s such an important part of our OmegaPrime formulation By Brazos Minshew, Chief Science Officer What would you think of a food that could help balance your immune system, help reduce your cholesterol and improve your ability to breathe? Perilla seed oil is just such a food!

Perilla seeds have been used as a source of food and medicine for thousands of years. As interest in traditional remedies has grown in modern medicine, scientific studies have been carried out on perilla seeds as a possible remedy for allergies. This is notable because the number of people diagnosed with allergies (allergic rhinitis) has significantly increased in recent years. A person experiences an allergy attack when the tiny cells that line the sinuses burst. These are called “mast cells” and they are filled with histamines, the substances that cause allergy symptoms. Pollen and other allergens rupture these cells and release the histamines in large amounts. Anything that stabilizes these cells and keeps them from bursting gives welcome relief from allergy misery. What scientists are learning is that the oil from perilla seeds is a powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. It not only reduces inflammation in the sinuses, but in all areas where mast cells release inflammatory histamines: the sinuses, lungs, joints, intestines and skin. So, perilla seed oil acts as an anti-inflammatory to relieve allergies, gastritis and even asthma. That’s why I put perilla seed oil in OmegaPrime: different oils reduce inflammation in different tissues. Fish oil reduces inflammation in the arteries, flax oil in the reproductive tissues, evening primrose oil in the brain and bones and perilla seed oil in the sinuses, lungs and intestines.Is there any solid research on these applications for perilla seed oil? Absolutely! Studies conducted on people with asthma showed that perilla seed reduced the inflammation in the lungs, reduced the hyperactive immune system leukotrienes in the lungs and improved lung volume. At the same time, doctors measured cholesterol levels and found that perilla seed oil reduced total cholesterol, LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides. Also, perilla seed oil raised the levels of beneficial, protective HDL cholesterol. In the past, medications called bronchodilators were used to open the airways in asthma attacks. These medications worked pretty well in emergency situations; however, they did not stop the inflammation and they did not address the immune system’s role in allergies and asthma. Newer, stronger drugs were developed that both opened the airways and reduced airway inflammation. A milestone in medicine was achieved when a class of drugs was developed called leukotriene inhibitors. Leukotriene inhibitors were “the missing link” in allergy and asthma treatment, as well as with irritable bowel syndrome. They reduced the hyperactivity of the immune system and provided longer relief than anti-inflammatory drugs alone. Soon, however, the dark side of these medications emerged as many patients contracted serious infections from a suppressed immune system. Perilla seed oil was shown to be a remarkable leukotriene inhibitor that did not suppress the immune system! It is also a powerful antiinflammatory. Perilla stabilizes the mast cells so histamines are not released. What is more, perilla seed is showing positive results in studies against human cancer cells, irritable bowel disease and depression. All without any side effects. What a marvelous discovery! When you take TriVita OmegaPrime, you’re getting so many benefits in this physician approved formula – including the remarkable effectiveness of perilla seed oil. Source: VitaJournal December 2008 pg 11.